remove -P (aka --prefix) option, fixes #6806

-a (aka --glob-archives) can be used for same purpose and is more powerful.

docs/faq.rst

@@ -402,11 +402,10 @@ different prefixes. For example, you could have a script that does::
 
 Then you would have two different prune calls with different policies::
 
-    borg prune --verbose --list -d 30 --prefix main-
-    borg prune --verbose --list -d 7  --prefix logs-
+    borg prune --verbose --list -d 30 -a 'main-*'
+    borg prune --verbose --list -d 7  -a 'logs-*'
 
 This will keep 7 days of logs and 30 days of everything else.
-Borg also supports the ``--glob-archives`` parameter.
 
 How do I remove files from an existing backup?
 ----------------------------------------------

docs/quickstart.rst

@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ backed up and that the ``prune`` command is keeping and deleting the correct bac
     info "Pruning repository"
 
     # Use the `prune` subcommand to maintain 7 daily, 4 weekly and 6 monthly
-    # archives of THIS machine. The '{hostname}-' prefix is very important to
+    # archives of THIS machine. The '{hostname}-*' globbing is very important to
     # limit prune's operation to this machine's archives and not apply to
     # other machines' archives also:
 
     borg prune                          \
         --list                          \
-        --prefix '{hostname}-'          \
+        --glob-archives '{hostname}-*'  \
         --show-rc                       \
         --keep-daily    7               \
         --keep-weekly   4               \

docs/usage/delete.rst

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Examples
     $ borg compact
 
     # delete all archives whose names begin with the machine's hostname followed by "-"
-    $ borg delete --prefix '{hostname}-'
+    $ borg delete -a '{hostname}-*'
 
     # delete all archives whose names contain "-2012-"
     $ borg delete -a '*-2012-*'

docs/usage/prune.rst

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Be careful, prune is a potentially dangerous command, it will remove backup
 archives.
 
 The default of prune is to apply to **all archives in the repository** unless
-you restrict its operation to a subset of the archives using ``--prefix``.
-When using ``--prefix``, be careful to choose a good prefix - e.g. do not use a
+you restrict its operation to a subset of the archives using ``-a`` / ``--glob-archives``.
+When using ``-a``, be careful to choose a good pattern - e.g. do not use a
 prefix "foo" if you do not also want to match "foobar".
 
 It is strongly recommended to always run ``prune -v --list --dry-run ...``
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ first so you will see what it would do without it actually doing anything.
 
     # Same as above but only apply to archive names starting with the hostname
     # of the machine followed by a "-" character:
-    $ borg prune -v --list --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 --prefix='{hostname}-'
+    $ borg prune -v --list --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 -a '{hostname}-*'
     # actually free disk space:
     $ borg compact
 

src/borg/archiver.py

@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ class Archiver:
                        env_var_override='BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING'):
                 return EXIT_ERROR
         if args.repo_only and any(
-           (args.verify_data, args.first, args.last, args.prefix is not None, args.glob_archives)):
-            self.print_error("--repository-only contradicts --first, --last, --prefix, --glob-archives "
+           (args.verify_data, args.first, args.last, args.glob_archives)):
+            self.print_error("--repository-only contradicts --first, --last, -a / --glob-archives "
                              " and --verify-data arguments.")
             return EXIT_ERROR
         if args.repair and args.max_duration:
@@ -476,8 +476,6 @@ class Archiver:
         if not args.archives_only:
             if not repository.check(repair=args.repair, save_space=args.save_space, max_duration=args.max_duration):
                 return EXIT_WARNING
-        if args.prefix is not None:
-            args.glob_archives = args.prefix + '*'
         if not args.repo_only and not ArchiveChecker().check(repository, repair=args.repair,
                 first=args.first, last=args.last, sort_by=args.sort_by or 'ts', glob=args.glob_archives,
                 verify_data=args.verify_data, save_space=args.save_space):
@@ -1757,8 +1755,6 @@ class Archiver:
                              '"keep-secondly", "keep-minutely", "keep-hourly", "keep-daily", '
                              '"keep-weekly", "keep-monthly" or "keep-yearly" settings must be specified.')
             return self.exit_code
-        if args.prefix is not None:
-            args.glob_archives = args.prefix + '*'
         checkpoint_re = r'\.checkpoint(\.\d+)?'
         archives_checkpoints = manifest.archives.list(glob=args.glob_archives,
                                                       consider_checkpoints=True,
@@ -2652,7 +2648,7 @@ class Archiver:
         This allows you to share the same patterns between multiple repositories
         without needing to specify them on the command line.\n\n''')
     helptext['placeholders'] = textwrap.dedent('''
-        Repository URLs, ``--name``, ``--prefix``, ``--glob-archives``, ``--comment``
+        Repository URLs, ``--name``, ``-a`` / ``--glob-archives``, ``--comment``
         and ``--remote-path`` values support these placeholders:
 
         {hostname}
@@ -2698,7 +2694,7 @@ class Archiver:
 
             borg create /path/to/repo::{hostname}-{user}-{utcnow} ...
             borg create /path/to/repo::{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S} ...
-            borg prune --prefix '{hostname}-' ...
+            borg prune -a '{hostname}-*' ...
 
         .. note::
             systemd uses a difficult, non-standard syntax for command lines in unit files (refer to
@@ -3091,13 +3087,10 @@ class Archiver:
             filters_group = subparser.add_argument_group('Archive filters',
                                                          'Archive filters can be applied to repository targets.')
             group = filters_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
-            group.add_argument('-P', '--prefix', metavar='PREFIX', dest='prefix', type=PrefixSpec, action=Highlander,
-                               help='only consider archive names starting with this prefix.')
             group.add_argument('-a', '--glob-archives', metavar='GLOB', dest='glob_archives',
                                type=GlobSpec, action=Highlander,
                                help='only consider archive names matching the glob. '
-                                    'sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns". '
-                                    '``--prefix`` and ``--glob-archives`` are mutually exclusive.')
+                                    'sh: rules apply, see "borg help patterns".')
 
             if sort_by:
                 sort_by_default = 'timestamp'
@@ -3971,11 +3964,9 @@ class Archiver:
         that is how much your repository will shrink.
         Please note that the "All archives" stats refer to the state after deletion.
 
-        You can delete multiple archives by specifying their common prefix, if they
-        have one, using the ``--prefix PREFIX`` option. You can also specify a shell
-        pattern to match multiple archives using the ``--glob-archives GLOB`` option
-        (for more info on these patterns, see :ref:`borg_patterns`). Note that these
-        two options are mutually exclusive.
+        You can delete multiple archives by specifying a matching shell pattern,
+        using the ``--glob-archives GLOB`` option (for more info on these patterns,
+        see :ref:`borg_patterns`).
 
         Always first use ``--dry-run --list`` to see what would be deleted.
         """)

src/borg/helpers/manifest.py

@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ class Archives(abc.MutableMapping):
         name = getattr(args, 'name', None)
         consider_checkpoints = getattr(args, 'consider_checkpoints', None)
         if name is not None:
-            raise Error('Giving a specific name is incompatible with options --first, --last, --prefix, and --glob-archives, and --consider-checkpoints.')
-        if args.prefix is not None:
-            args.glob_archives = args.prefix + '*'
+            raise Error('Giving a specific name is incompatible with options --first, --last, -a / --glob-archives, and --consider-checkpoints.')
         return self.list(sort_by=args.sort_by.split(','), consider_checkpoints=consider_checkpoints, glob=args.glob_archives, first=args.first, last=args.last)
 
     def set_raw_dict(self, d):

src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py

@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'another_test.2', 'input')
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'extract', 'test', '--dry-run')
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'extract', 'test.2', '--dry-run')
-        self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'delete', '--prefix', 'another_')
+        self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'delete', '--glob-archives', 'another_*')
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'delete', '--last', '1')
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'delete', '-a', 'test')
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'extract', 'test.2', '--dry-run')
@@ -2259,7 +2259,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'foo-2015-08-12-20:00', src_dir)
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'bar-2015-08-12-10:00', src_dir)
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'bar-2015-08-12-20:00', src_dir)
-        output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'prune', '--list', '--dry-run', '--keep-daily=1', '--prefix=foo-')
+        output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'prune', '--list', '--dry-run', '--keep-daily=1', '--glob-archives=foo-*')
         assert re.search(r'Keeping archive \(rule: daily #1\):\s+foo-2015-08-12-20:00', output)
         assert re.search(r'Would prune:\s+foo-2015-08-12-10:00', output)
         output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'rlist')
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         self.assert_in('foo-2015-08-12-20:00', output)
         self.assert_in('bar-2015-08-12-10:00', output)
         self.assert_in('bar-2015-08-12-20:00', output)
-        self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'prune', '--keep-daily=1', '--prefix=foo-')
+        self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'prune', '--keep-daily=1', '--glob-archives=foo-*')
         output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'rlist')
         self.assert_not_in('foo-2015-08-12-10:00', output)
         self.assert_in('foo-2015-08-12-20:00', output)
@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'test-1', src_dir)
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'something-else-than-test-1', src_dir)
         self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'create', 'test-2', src_dir)
-        output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'rlist', '--prefix=test-')
+        output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'rlist', '--glob-archives=test-*')
         self.assert_in('test-1', output)
         self.assert_in('test-2', output)
         self.assert_not_in('something-else', output)
@@ -2664,13 +2664,13 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
             assert sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(mountpoint))) == ['arch11', 'arch12']
         with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--last=2', '--sort=name'):
             assert sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(mountpoint))) == ['arch21', 'arch22']
-        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--prefix=arch1'):
+        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--glob-archives=arch1*'):
             assert sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(mountpoint))) == ['arch11', 'arch12']
-        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--prefix=arch2'):
+        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--glob-archives=arch2*'):
             assert sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(mountpoint))) == ['arch21', 'arch22']
-        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--prefix=arch'):
+        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--glob-archives=arch*'):
             assert sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(mountpoint))) == ['arch11', 'arch12', 'arch21', 'arch22']
-        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--prefix=nope'):
+        with self.fuse_mount(self.repository_location, mountpoint, '--glob-archives=nope'):
             assert sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(mountpoint))) == []
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(llfuse, 'llfuse not installed')
@@ -3559,7 +3559,7 @@ class ArchiverCheckTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'check', '-v', '--archives-only', exit_code=0)
         self.assert_not_in('Starting repository check', output)
         self.assert_in('Starting archive consistency check', output)
-        output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'check', '-v', '--archives-only', '--prefix=archive2', exit_code=0)
+        output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'check', '-v', '--archives-only', '--glob-archives=archive2', exit_code=0)
         self.assert_not_in('archive1', output)
         output = self.cmd(f'--repo={self.repository_location}', 'check', '-v', '--archives-only', '--first=1', exit_code=0)
         self.assert_in('archive1', output)